Container for a baby&#39;s bottle



Allg 21, 1956 G. GAUTHIER coNTAxNER Foa A BABY's BOTTLE Filed Oct. 18,1955 INVENTOR I ATTOR EY United States Patent O CONTAINER FOR A BABYSBOTTLE Grace Gauthier, Atlantic City, N. J.

Application October 18, 1955, Serial No. 541,202

1 Claim. (Cl. 21S-13) My invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in a carrier or container for a babys bottle.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a carrier or containerthat is extremely light in weight, sanitary, and cheap to manufacture.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container that is notonly light in weight and will keep the contents of the bottle (that is,the babys formula) warm for three or four hours; but will also protectthe bottle from breakage if it is knocked or thrown around in anautomobile, or banged against any article.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a container that maybe kept in a sanitary condition, inasmuch as within and outside therubber insulator there is a nylon cloth lining or covering that may bequickly and readily removed and laundered in case any milk, or any ofthe formula or contents of the bottle, should spill from the bottle onthe nylon cover.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnew and novel arrangements and combination of parts, as will hereinafterbe more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

Referring now to the drawings, showing a preferred embodiment,

Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the container, showing the bottle indotted lines.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on line 2-2 ofFig. l,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective of the inner lining of the container.

Referring now more particularly to the several views and for the momentto Fig. 1, there is shown the container 1, which is preferably made ofplastic, closed at the bottom as at 2 and open at the top as at 3. lt iscylindrical in shape and a little over 3 inches in diameter andsubstantially inches in length. At the top, however, as may be seen inFig. 2, there is provided on the one side the prong of a snap fastener4, while on the other side is the socket 5, so that this bag orcontainer may be closed when there is a bottle within, as will bementioned shortly.

Also, there is a strap 6, as may be seen in Figs. 1 and 2, that is sewedas at 7 to one side of the container 1 and as at 8 to the other side, sothat the bag may easily be carried in the hand. In the bottom of thisbag or container 1 there may be seen (Fig. l) a cardboard disk 9 thatholds the bag in shape and also acts as a bottom and buffer if thecontainer should be dropped.

Now, removably tting within the bag or container 1 is a cylinder 10 offoam rubber. This is formed by taking a at sheet, cutting it to size,and then cementng it as shown at 11 in Fig. 3. This foam rubber cylinder10 acts as an insulator, at the same time is very light and 2,759,617Patented Aug. 21, 1956 ice pliable, and not only will act as aninsualtor but will also act as a buffer or shock absorber in case thecontainer 1 is dropped.

Referring to Fig. 4 for the moment, there is shown a nylon cover 12, inthe form of a tube, open at both ends, and which is a little greater inlength than twice the length of the foam rubber insert 10. This nyloncover 12 is inserted through the foam rubber insulator 10 before thesame is placed within the bag 1, and then is folded back on itself andto slightly overlap, as may be seen, at 13. This nylon cover 12 not onlyprotects and keeps the foam rubber 10 sanitary but it also assists inthe insulation properties for the bottle that is to be inserted.

Furthermore, this nylon cover 12 may easily be withdrawn from the rubberinsulator 10 after the rubber insulator 10 is removed from the bag 1,and then laundered or Washed in case there is any milk or other liquid,such as formula, that has been spilled on the cover 12.

After the bottle 14 with its warm or heated formula is placed within thecontainer 1, I place another cardboard disk 15 on top of the bottle 14,as may be seen in Figs. l and 2, and then the snap fasteners 4 and 5 areclosed so that there is no possibility of the bottle dropping out of thecontainer 1, even though the container be held upside down.

It will also be understood, although it is not shown, that if the babywants to nurse from the bottle when it is lying on a pillow, the foamrubber insulator 10, together with its nylon cover 12, may be partiallywithdrawn from the bag 1 and the foam rubber 10 and the container 1 maythen rest on the pillow, which will hold the bottle up a little from thepillow, so that the baby can take the formula from the bottle in itsthus-supported position.

I have found in actual practice that a bottle that is lled with a warmformula will keep the contents warm for three or four hours; and, ofcourse, if the bottle should be filled with cold orange juice, it willkeep cold for a longer time.

The foam rubber insulator 10, as heretofore mentioned, is extremelylight in Weight, forms a good insulator, and, if it is necessary to washthe foam rubber 10, it is but a matter of a moment to fold back thenylon cover 12, pull it out of the foam rubber insulator 10 and thenwash off the foam rubber insulator.

The entire container, without the bottle, weighs a little less than 4ounces and can easily be carried in the one hand; and even though it isknocked around or subjected to shocks, there is no danger of the bottlebreaking.

Finally, the container is one that is relatively cheap to manufactureand the parts are easily assembled.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A container for a babys bottle, including a plastic bag, cylindrical inshape, closed at its bottom and open at its top; a handle for the same;means for closing the top of the container; a cylindrical disk in thebottom of the bag; a foam rubber cylinder removably fitting within thebag and acting as an insulator, the length of the cylinder beingsomewhat shorter than the length of the bag; a nylon covering, tubularin form and open at both ends and slightly greater in length than twicethe length of the insulator and threaded within the insulator and turnedback on itself, so that the edges slightly overlap; and a disk littedover the top of the insulator, similar to the disk in the bottom of thebag.

No references cited.

